"American Muslim organizations, the American Civil Liberties Union, airline and travel industries," and even a Republican senator, Maine's Susan Collins, expressed support for the changes to the Obama administration's policies, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
That action currently has the White House escalating a face-off with Republicans in Washington who are threatening to let funding for the Department of Homeland Security expire on Friday without changes to the Obama administration's immigration policy.
The pursuit of alternative energy sources, modest trade agreements, changes to the Bush administration's signature education act and even adjustments to the tax code are all within reach.
The strike has been ongoing since Monday, with the union, which represents nearly 30,000 teachers, demanding major changes to the Emanuel administration's education agenda.
The White House has threatened to veto the bill, which passed 299 to 120, citing more than 30 changes to the budget the administration was seeking.
Like many questioned in the poll, she traced the changes to the new mayoral administration.
The union has also demanded significant changes to the way the Emanuel administration wants to evaluate teachers, asking for less of an emphasis on standardized test scores and an overhaul of the consequences associated with the rankings.
In 2007 substantial evolutionary changes to the survey and its administration were undertaken.
Unlike some of the Bush administration's moves to reverse environmental regulations adopted by the Clinton administration, any changes to the Clean Air Act would require legislative approval.
